Lessons from the Quebec Student Strike, and student struggles around the world
The Deets:
Monday, October 1, 2012
6:30 pm until 8:30 pm
Ted Rogers School of Management
55 Dundas Street West (Bay & Dundas Streets)
Toronto, ON
The Call Out:
Featuring Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois, Cloé Zawadzki-Turcotte, Valentina Latorre, Tina Treviño-Murphy & Rodney Diverlus
Opening forum of the 2nd Annual Ryerson Social Justice Week
Speakers:
Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois
– former spokesperson, CLASSE, Coalition large de l’Association pour la Solidarité Syndicale Étudiante, Quebec
Cloé Zawadzki-Turcotte
– former executive member, CLASSE, and a key organizer of the Quebec Student Strike
Valentina Latorre
– vice-president, Student Federation of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
Tina Treviño-Murphy
– member, Student Labor Action Coalition, Wisconsin
Rodney Diverlus
– president, Ryerson Students’ Union
Ethan Cox
– rabble.ca’s Quebec correspondent and a former student organizer
Students in Quebec made international headlines when they went on strike to stop a 75% tuition fee increase. In what became the longest student strike in Canadian history, Quebec students resisted police repression and a government-led attack on civil liberties. In the process, they inspired a solidarity movement across Quebec and Canada.
In response to the social crisis provoked by the strike, Quebec premier Jean Charest called a snap election in August – and lost. On September 20, the incoming government cancelled the fee increase and scrapped Charest’s anti-protest law – a total victory of the students’ demands.
Join us for this historic meeting, to hear leaders of the Quebec Student Strike discuss how they organized – and won. The meeting will also discuss how students in Ontario can do the same. Other speakers include student leaders of the 2011/12 Chilean student protests and the 2011 Wisconsin labour uprising.
Part of
The 2nd Annual Ryerson Social Justice Week
Decent Work: Decent Lives for All | October 1 to 5, 2012
A week of events, speakers, exhibits and culture to transform Ryerson into a hub for social justice and solidarity in Toronto
and
Lessons of the Quebec Student Strike
A pan-Canadian speaking tour organized by:
rabble.ca
LeadNow.ca
Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada
Organized by
CAW-Sam Gindin Chair in Social Justice and Democracy
Canadian Federation of Students-Ontario
Ryerson Students’ Union
More info
e: [email protected] | Twitter: @RyeGindinChair
This is an accessible venue | ASL interpretation
Gabriel, Chloé and Ethan will also be speaking at this event on October 1 at 2:00 p.m. at York University:
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